Youth Group Completes 30 Hour Famine

Apologies for not updating the blog lately- The youth group has been very busy in planning and participating in World Vision's 30 Hour Famine. The Even took place March 7-8. We had a group of about 25 kids- not eating for 30 hours to raise money for the poor and hungry throughout the world. Sleeping in the parish hall friday night, we took part in various activities, both fun and spiritual including: stations of the cross, adoration, confessions, candle-light service, talk by Deacon John, World Vision speaker, lunch and rosary with the Seniors at palace view, and putting together Easter food baskets for needy families in our community. It was a great event- Many thanks to Mrs. Barlow Hansen for all her hard work and dedication in organizing the event. Thanks also to Mr. Barlow Hansen and Mr. Gallagher for chaperoning the event. Finally thanks to the parishioners of St. Peters for supporting the youth group in the famine and being so generous in donating to the cause, attending the bake-off fund raiser, and the bake sale. We exceeded our goal of $5200 by more than $1000...... with the total amount raised coming in over $6500.

Thanks

Notes From Meeting 12/9

Notes from Youth Group Meeting 12/9

-Next Sunday- December 16th... We will be attending the Evening Vespers (evening prayer) and Madrigals singing starting at 4 PM in the Church. We will NOT be having Mass- we will attend the vespers instead. Following Vespers and the Madrigals, we will have our Christmas dinner party at Two Steps. For the Grab bag- please bring a gift for someone of your same gender for a value of $15.... we will throw all the gifts into a bag and have each person pull one out.

-Kids Christmas party Next Saturday December 15th.... Please be at the Parish hall at 11:30 AM. The party starts at 1pm and runs until 2:30 PM.

Assignments:

Door: Sarah and Torban
Face painting: Gabby and Melene
Gifts: Tim & Kieran
Crafts: Kaleigh, Lizzy, Carley, Brianna (Gina's sister), Meghan, Allie
Snow Man toss: Nick and Connor
Jar game: Sam and Jack
Pictures with Santa: Sam Winstrom
Music: Gabby

Next Meeting: January 6th

Our discussion today was how we can better prepare for the coming of Christ during Advent. Tim wrote an Acrostic poem

GIVE:

Go to confession, Mass, adoration, and stations of the cross
Intermingle with friends and family
Vespers and prayers are a good thing to do
Evangelize the faith

Email from Mrs. BH and Notes from meeting 11/18

Hi
I hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving.

Thanks to those of you that came to Holy Hour. It was very nice. Thanks to Deacon for joining and leading us and preparing the stations. Thanks to Kieran for all the work pulling together the evening prayer. And thanks to Nick for altar serving- we know that cross gets heavy by about the 7th station. It was great to see some people from the parish- and particularly our buddy Joseph and his wife.

Also- many thanks to those of you that helped with the Thanksgiving drive! It reminded me of how we oiled the sacristy in 20 min at the famine because there were so many of you. You're helping out with the bags really made that work go fast. (when we walked into the parish hall, the ladies said- 'here comes the calvary :O)) ) You guys are the BEST! and really come together when help is needed. Iam always so proud of you and everything that you do.

A couple of things-

BAKE SALE SATURDAY DEC 1- 10AM to 7PM- you must all bake 2 items. I also need people to sign up to sell- even if only for an hour from 10AM to 7PM. A bunch of you are on the retreat and others at regionals, so the sign up sheet is empty... HELP! This is our fundraiser to pay for our Christmas dinner at Two Steps- so please help out selling (baking is not an option)

Father needs us to change the missals in the church. They actually have new black folders too. We are meeting in the church on Friday Nov 30 at 5:00. Let me know if you will be able to attend. For those of you that are not available on Sat- you can drop your baked goods off with me in the church on Friday when we are doing the missals. If a bunch of you come, it usually doesn't take more than an hour.

Second- for those of you not at the meeting on Sunday- we had a sign up sheet for the famine. Since it is by invitation only- you need to let me know if you are planning to come and if you want to invite someone(s) (and their name).
Oh BTW- the famine is currently scheduled for Friday March 7 and Sat March 8. I just found out that that is the weekend of Science Horizons. Let me know if that is a problem for any of you. If it affects alot of you, we will have to pick a new date- and the new date will probably be after Easter as I can't do it the weekend of March 1 and the two weekends prior to that are winter break.

We discussed the bake off- which will be Sat Feb 2. Father will let us use the kitchen in the rectory. Sam Iron Chef Winstrom's team will be cooking in the parish hall and Mr. Pastry Chef Gallagher's team will be cooking in the rectory. Once we have the list of everyone invited to the famine, we will have an initial meeting and pick teams. For those of you in the youth group that will not be doing the famine- you can still (and we hope you do) participate in the bake off and the fund raisers.


thanks
mrs bh



-Stations and Holy Hour on Friday was a great success. Thank you for everyone who came, especially Deacon John for leading us.

-Diocesan youth Leadership retreat: November 30- December 2 --> Connor will be attending it, Kaleigh and myself will be working the retreat. Please pray for its success.

-Bake Sale at the Christmas Fair: December 1st --> Everyone must bake two items and drop them off at the parish hall by 9AM saturday morning Please sign up with Mrs. Barlow Hansen for a time slot to work the sale.

-Children's Christmas party: EVERYONE must sign up to help at this event. It was a huge success last year and we hope to repeat that. Contact Mrs. Barlow Hansen if you haven't signed up to work at it.

-Youth Group Christmas Mass and party: Mass with Fr. 4pm in the church Sunday December 16 with dinner at Two Steps after and a gift Grab Bag

-First Friday Rosary at Palace View December 7th 4:30 PM

-Adoration at Notre Dame In Easton 5-8 PM December 9th .... more info to come

-Next Meeting: December 2 at noon in the school. We will also meet the following week (two weeks in a row) on December 9 to prepare for the Children's Christmas party

-Evangelization homework: pray before each meal.

Meeting 11/4

Notes from Meeting 11/4

-First Friday Rosary at Palace view was great as always. Tim did a great job on the violin and Sam played the piano for the folks there. We will be back at Palace View on Friday December 7.

-Holy Hour Friday November 16- 5:30pm - 6:30pm in the church. We will have exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and adoration, stations of the cross, and evening prayer.

-Bake sale at parish Christmas fair: December 1

-Diocesan leadership retreat: November 30-December 2nd- If you are interested in attending, please contact Mrs. B ASAP.

-"evangelization homework" Say one hail Mary every day for the unborn until our next meeting which will be November 18.

Meeting 10/28

Greetings:

Notes from the meeting on 28 October 2007-

Mrs. Barlow Hansen met with the new Diocesan youth director, Jamalia Evans this week. Mrs. Evans was very pleased with the various activities we do especially spiritual events such as adoration, rosary etc. She also offered valuable suggestions to help us as a group, including Possibly organizing a retreat for the youth group in the spring.

We have two new members- Lizzy and Kaleigh- Welcome!

We also had a good discussion relating to this Sunday's Gospel on humility.

Be sure to check the blog, calendar and your email for updates etc.


Upcoming events:

Diocesan leadership "High School Apostles" retreat---> contact Mrs. Barlow Hansen if you are interested. I went on this retreat in the spring and it was excellent- I'd really recommend it. Every youth group in the diocese is sending 2 members. The dates are November 30- December 2nd. Contact me or Mrs. Barlow Hansen with any questions. We need to get the paper work/application in so the sooner the better.


-First Friday Rosary at palace view. This coming Friday, November 2- 4:30 pm

-Stations of the Cross and Holy Hour November 16th Friday- 6pm In the church

Next meeting: TBA: Our regular meeting would fall on Veterans Day Weekend- I will let you know when we reschedule it for.


Future Events:

-Christmas Fair bake sale December 1st--> big fundraiser for us

-Kids Christmas party December 15th

-30 Hour famine: fund raiser idea--> "Iron Chef" cook off


-Kieran

Youth Group in full swing

Sorry about the delay in updating the blog. The youth group has gotten off to a great start with the new school year with roughly 20-25 members. We had Mass and pizza with Fr. Gregg on September 28, getting a chance to meet and talk with St. Peter's new pastor. The group is visiting the folks at palace view every first friday and we started that on October 5, praying the rosary with them. The group hosted the confirmation reception on October 13th, again another success. Congratulations and God bless to everyone who was confirmed. Our next meeting will be October 28th. We will be discussing plans to have a Holy Hour of Adoration, plan for the upcoming Christmas season, etc. Please keep visiting the blog and checking out the bulletin for updates.

Youth Group Kicks off New Year

Hope everyone had a great summer.
On September 2nd, the youth group took a trip to Lake Compounce for a day of fun at America's oldest theme park. Everyone had a great time.The youth group kicked off the new year last week with its first meeting after the summer and by participating in the parish picnic, hosting the games for younger children. This year is shaping out to be another exciting one. On Friday September 28, Fr. Mecca will say mass for the group at 6pm in the church, which will be followed by pizza in the parish hall. On Friday October 5, we will be visiting the elderly at palace view.

Please keep checking back with the blog and checking the bulletin for more info on what the youth group is doing.

thanks